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APRIL 2010 – Not Also, But Only April
Hey guys, first of all thanks so much to everyone who came along to the show last month. It was great to be back and I think it was probably the best night we’ve had yet. So having consulted the calender and tried to figure out which night wasn’t going to have any Champions League on, we’ve gone and booked in April’s show for Wednesday the 14th.
Signs are awesome for another brilliant night. I’m super hopeful of having a super special guest, but you have to come along on the night to see who it is. Doors are at 7.30pm upstairs in 4 Dame Lane and as usual, its free in.
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MARCH 2010 – Not Also, But Only… returns.
For the first time since the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival in July, Not Also, But Only, the comedy storytelling night, is back in brand new digs (upstairs in 4 Dame Lane). Its still free in. It still features a host of top comedians and writers telling you their most funny stories. Its still hosted by Shane Langan. Its still a ridiculously fun, laid back night out.
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AUGUST 2009 – Not Also, But Only Edinburgh Fringe Festival Run
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot – Turret Room
Dates: 5th – 31st August (not 17th)
Tickets: Mon – Thurs £7.50 (£6.50), Fri – Sun £8.50 (£7.50)
Time: 14:00 (15:00)
Box Office: 0131 668 1633 / www.gildedballoon.co.uk
Once upon a time, in a small venue up some windy stairs, there was a little show about a murderous cat, a friendly vampire and some other things that happened.
Shane Langan, from last year’s ‘Diet of Worms, Friends of the Puffincat’, is your guide for an engaging and hilarious trip through beginnings, middles and ends.
‘Not Also, But Only’ is a year in the life of Shane Langan, aspiring writer. Too old now to be considered precocious and displaying a depressingly low level of the genius he always just assumed he possessed, Shane has found life as a ‘writer’ (i.e. someone who doesn’t do anything else) a little less magical and a lot harder than he had originally imagined. Convinced that his best friend has been murdered by his pet kitten and struggling so hard to finish his novel that he has started writing the last chapter and working backwards, Shane paints a hilariously bizarre and lonely portrait of a C-list writer.
Already a highly successful cult Dublin club night, ‘Not Also, But Only’ is Shane’s solo debut at the Fringe. Shane has spent the last number of years as a regular on the Irish and international comedy scenes with Diet of Worms. This included three highly successful Edinburgh Fringe Festival runs, the internet phenomenon that is ‘Adventures of the Puffincat’ as well as RTE 2’s hit show ‘Dublin Stories’.
Shane Langan presents a laid-back afternoon of stand-up, short story-telling and poetry from simply one of the least boring* minds in Irish comedy.
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JULY 2009 – The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson Will Join The Bill For Carlsberg Comedy Carnival Show
The bill includes;
Kevin Gildea (Fr. Ted),
Jarlath Regan (The Panel),
Maeve Higgins (Naked Camera),
Barry Murphy (Apres Match),
Mark Doherty (A Film With Me In It),
David O’Doherty (2008 IF Comedy Award Winner)
Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen)
and your host Shane Langan (Nothing worth mentioning, in light of what’s above)
Not Also, But Only, Dublin’s cult short story-telling comedy club is setting up camp at the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival this year for a very, very special show. The regular club night has been a massive success since its debut in January of this year, featuring the cream of Irish comedy spinning yarns and telling tales. On Sunday July 26th, Not Also, But Only presents an unmissable line-up of comedians and writers at this year’s festival.
We’re delighted to announce that one quarter of the League of Gentlemen, writer Jeremy Dyson will top the bill. He is the co-writer of the BAFTA-nominated television series Funland and the multi-award winning The League of Gentlemen series’ and film. In 2008 he received a further BAFTA nomination for his work on BBC 1′s Armstrong and Miller Show. He is the author of the highly acclaimed short story collection Never Trust A Rabbit and the equally acclaimed novel What Happens Now, shortlisted for the Goss First Novel Award.
Accompanying Jeremy will be; 2008 IF.Comedy Award winner – David O’Doherty, Irish comedy legend and star/writer of A Film With Me In It – Mark Doherty, star of Naked Camera – Maeve Higgins, The Panel regular – Jarlath Regan, not to mention Kevin Gildea, Aprés Match’s Barry Murphy and Ian Coppinger. Your host for the show is Diet of Worms’ own Shane Langan. Rarely does such a line-up get assembled in the one place at the one time.
The show takes place as part of the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival in the Iveagh Gardens, just off Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 on at 6pm on Sunday July 26th. Tickets are €23, available at www.ticketmaster.ie.
Contact Shane at…
shane.langan@gmail.com
http://notalsobutonly.wordpress.com
